The Dream of Venus
Collection: Collection on the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair
Date: 1939
Material: height: 11 7/8 x width: 11 7/8 inches
Creator: Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
Identifier: aql:2867 2004.2.108 QMOA
Description: Music that played in the Dream of Venus Pavilion, a multimedia installation created by Salvador Dali at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Actress Ruth Ford and a chorus of singers represented Sirens beckoning visitors to enter the exhibition.
Creator :
Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989
Date :
1939
Summary/Description :
Music that played in the Dream of Venus Pavilion, a multimedia installation created by Salvador Dali at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Actress Ruth Ford and a chorus of singers represented Sirens beckoning visitors to enter the exhibition.
Subject :
Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Surrealism; Sirens (Mythology); Mythology; Dreams; Ocean life
Rights :
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
Publisher :
Radio Corporation of America
Type :
78 rpm vinyl record
Format :
height: 11 7/8 x width: 11 7/8 inches
Identifier :
aql:2867 2004.2.108 QMOA
Subject:
Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Surrealism; Sirens (Mythology); Mythology; Dreams; Ocean life
Dali, Salvador, 1904-1989; Surrealism; Sirens (Mythology); Mythology; Dreams; Ocean life
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.
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